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By Learning Forward
February 2017
Vol. 38 No. 1
Focus PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR STEM A bold experiment Teachers team with scientists to learn Next Generation Science Standards. By Sharon L. Gilman and Martha C. Fout Teachers at 18 middle and high schools in a southeastern state were in the final year of a three-year professional learning program when they teamed with six graduate fellows participating in GK-12, a National Science Foundation-funded program that supports fellowships and training for graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The program’s goal is to improve the graduate fellows’ communication and teaching skills through interactions with teachers and students in K-12 schools while enriching STEM content and instruction for their K-12 partners. Diving beneath the surface Underwater robotics lessons bring STEM to life for teachers in Guam. By

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